Date: 03/11/2006

Number: 1

My south Austin monarch surveys yesterday afternoon (3/13) confirm what others are observing, that monarchs are on the move across Texas.

At Zilker Botanical Gardens I saw as many as 11 monarchs in an hour walk.
Forewing measurements of those caught:

53 mm, male, worn

Pair in copula:
53 mm, male, worn; 52 mm, female, worn
3 eggs found on four A. curassavica (hybrid?) plants

Barton Springs Nursery

As many as five at one time on a pair of Texas Mountain Laurel Trees:

52 mm, male, worn

56 mm, male., worn

Staff said they have seen monarchs since Saturday (3/11)

Austin, TX

Latitude: 30.2 Longitude: -97.7

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